First-time buyers could be given a boost by lenders having the ability to offer more mortgages at high loan-to-income (LTI) levels, if they choose to. The Bank of England said its Financial Policy ...

Scotland’s police force is preparing for a potential visit from US President Donald Trump “later this month”, it said in a statement. Rumours have swirled for months that the president will visit the ...

KASHIF Ali felt Worcestershire "needed" the victory, after his stunning 88 propelled the side to a six-wicket victory over Northants Steelbacks. Heading into the match with Worcestershire in trouble ...

Jakob Walpole denies murder and an alternative charge of manslaughter over the death of 81-year-old vintage car restoration expert John Brown.

The Government’s “failure” to listen to victims of the infected blood scandal has been “exposed” in a new report, campaigners have said. The Haemophilia Society said that victims of the scandal, ...

A teenager allegedly caught buying a gun for a terror attack in an MI5 sting was “lonely and isolated” during the Covid-19 lockdown as he viewed extreme right-wing material in his bedroom.

– Trust in the Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) has been “lost” by many members of the infected blood community. – People impacted by the scandal have expressed a “grave concern” over the ...

Lavazza chairman Giuseppe Lavazza said the firm is optimistic that high coffee bean prices peaked at the start of 2025.

A man who had been living off-grid to avoid recall to prison has been found guilty of the murder of a grandmother who had been out on a morning dog walk. Roy Barclay, 56, had denied the murder of ...

It comes amid reports the Facebook and Instagram owner has purchased a minority stake in Oakley and Ray-Ban owner EssilorLuxottica SA.

There were 247,703 conceptions leading to a legal abortion in 2022, a 13.1 rise on the 218,923 recorded in 2021, the ONS said.